Star-Crossed Lovers

Star-Crossed Lovers
Zena Valentine

LOVERS' REUNION Once upon a time, Jessica Caldwell and Kale Noble had dreamed of marrying and making beautiful babies. But that was before a tragedy ripped their tightly knit families apart. Suddenly their teenage love turned forbidden, and secrets bred betrayals… .Now, thirteen years later, Kale Noble was in Jessi's life once again - and he still had the power to stir her passion like no other man. But this time, Jessi knew the stakes went far beyond her fragile heart. A precious child hung in the balance. A child of noble blood…

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u94a14cfd-fa1e-53ea-aca2-1dcedf2b8c62)

Dear Reader (#u76a9956e-7957-562b-819b-5177dee7457e)

Excerpt (#ud45070ea-b4a9-5680-83cd-6ffc6d1dfe66)

Title Page (#ucd9468a7-3b96-5872-8393-137548beeb2f)

Dedication (#u9735fab9-6e73-5898-adbc-ad06ee8613ec)

About the Author (#u0de5d029-3ace-5d91-95a0-dc2624084e94)

Epigraph (#ub4cb2768-246e-5354-a4b3-c471c0c2eb59)

Chapter One (#u43b3939f-538f-5dee-a094-8413b1a14387)

Chapter Two (#u2ef739d5-9c90-58d5-927d-802f9d1e6d98)

Chapter Three (#u3422499b-71b5-5e07-9216-c190857d4ebb)

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Merry Christmas from Silhouette Desire-where you’re guaranteed powerful, passionate and provocative love stories that feature rugged heroes and spirited heroines who experience the full emotional intensity of falling in love!

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“You Shouldn’t Have Followed Me,”

she said. “It should have been obvious, even to you, that I wanted to be alone.”

“It’s all the old hate and resentment, building up for years and years,” he said, his voice low. “And frustration. I wanted you then, you know. It drove me to distraction how much I wanted you, and I held back. And then I discovered I had been a fool. And then I wondered what it would have been like, satisfying that lust.”

“Lust?” She raised her head at the fresh cut of his words. “I loved you then, Kale. I know it was just puppy love. But that’s what you felt for me? Lust?”

He didn’t answer her aloud, but she saw a passing frown, and his eyes strayed from her face. She saw that it might just be his pride talking, for he wasn’t going to admit he loved her once.if he ever had.

Star-Crossed Lovers

Zena Valentine

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

This one is for Don.

ZENA VALENTINE